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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry:	jovial¹
Part of Speech:	adj
Definition:	full of joy and happiness; merry
Etymology:	Latin jovialis 'pertaining to Jove, Jupiter'

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Main Entry:	jovial²
Part of Speech:	adj
Definition:	pertaining to Jove or Jupiter
Etymology:	Latin jovialis 'pertaining to Jove, Jupiter'

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jo·vi·al

[joh-vee-uh

l] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.

2.	(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the god Jove, or Jupiter.

[Origin: 1580–90; < ML joviālis of Jupiter (the planet, supposed to exert a happy influence), equiv. to L jovi- (see Jovian) + -ālis -al¹

]

—Related forms

jo·vi·al·ly, adverb

jo·vi·al·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. merry, jolly, convivial, gay, joyful, mirthful. Jovial, jocose, jocular, jocund agree in referring to someone who is in a good humor. Jovial suggests a hearty, joyous humor: a jovial person. Jocose refers to that which causes laughter; it suggests someone who is playful and given to jesting: with jocose and comical airs. Jocular means humorous, facetious, mirthful, and waggish: jocular enough to keep up the spirits of all around him. Jocund, now a literary word, suggests a cheerful, light-hearted, and sprightly gaiety: glad and jocund company.

—Antonyms 1. gloomy.

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

jo·vi·al (jō'vē-əl) Pronunciation Key
adj. Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer: a jovial host.

[French, probably from Italian giovale, from Old Italian, of Jupiter (regarded as the source of happiness), from Late Latin Ioviālis, from Latin Iuppiter, Iov-, Jupiter; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]

jo'vi·al'i·ty (-āl'ĭ-tē) n., jo'vi·al·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
jovial

1590, from Fr., from It. joviale, lit. "pertaining to Jupiter," from L. Jovialis "of Jupiter," from Jovius (used as gen. of Juppiter) "Jupiter," Roman god of the sky. The meaning "good-humored, merry," is from astrological belief that those born under the sign of the planet Jupiter are of such dispositions. In classical L., the compound Juppiter replaced Old L. Jovis as the god's name. Jovian, in ref. to the planet Jupiter, is from 1794.

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jovial
adjective
full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay]

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JOVIAL language
(Jule's Own Version of IAL) A version of IAL produced by Jules I. Schwartz in 1959-1960. JOVIAL was based on ALGOL 58, with extensions for large scale real-time programming. It saw extensive use by the US Air Force. The data elements were items, entries (records) and tables.
Versions include JOVIAL I (IBM 709, 1960), JOVIAL II (IBM 7090, 1961) and JOVIAL 3 (1965). Dialects: J3, JOVIAL J73, JS, JTS.
Ada/Jovial Newsletter, Dale Lange +1 (513) 255-4472.
[CACM 6(12):721, Dec 1960].
(1996-07-19)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Jovial

Jo"vi*al\, a. [F., fr. L. Jovialis pertaining to Jove. The planet Jupiter was thought to make those born under it joyful or jovial. See Jove.]

1. Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter. [Obs.]

Our jovial star reigned at his birth. --Shak.

The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the planets, and esteemed Martial or Jovial according to the colors whereby they answer these planets. --Sir T. Browne.

2. Sunny; serene. [Obs.] "The heavens always joviall." --Spenser.

3. Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem.

Be bright and jovial among your guests. --Shak.

His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral; the rest are jovial or bacchanalian. --Dryden.

Note: This word is a relic of the belief in planetary influence. Other examples are saturnine, mercurial, martial, lunatic, etc.

Syn: Merry; joyous; gay; festive; mirthful; gleeful; jolly; hilarious.

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American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary 3rd Edition - Cite This Source - Share This

JOVIAL
Jules' own version of the international algorithmic language

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